Roberts Markland seeks to preserve, revitalize Riverside Terrace via gentrification

Roberts Markland seeks to preserve, revitalize Riverside Terrace via gentrification

“It’s called gentrification. It’s what happens when the property value of a certain area is brought down. You bring the property value down. They can buy the land at a lower price. Then they move all the people out, raise the property value and sell it at a profit.” (Furious Styles, from the movie Boyz ‘N the Hood)When a young Sean Roberts heard Furious Styles (Laurence Fishburne) deliver his soliloquy on gentrification in the 1991 John Singleto…